ni

pron

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The verdict

“ni” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #8,234 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a pronoun.

#8,234
frequency rank, Portuguese
2
letters
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nós, pronome da segunda pessoa do plural

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ni vs no
50% similar
ni vs nu
50% similar
ni vs nn
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ni
PropertyValue
Headwordni
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPronoun
Letters2
Frequency rank#8,234
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ni” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). ni lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ni is 2 letters long, classified as a pronoun. Corpus data places it at rank #8,234 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nós, pronome da segunda pessoa do plural".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ni, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "no", "nu", "nn", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is ni, spelled N-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    nós, pronome da segunda pessoa do plural

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ni"?
"ni" is spelled N-I.
What does "ni" mean?
As a pronoun, "ni" means: nós, pronome da segunda pessoa do plural
What words are commonly confused with "ni"?
"ni" is commonly confused with "no", "nu", "nn". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "ni" come from?
"ni" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “ni”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is N-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “no” - see the side-by-side comparison. ni vs no
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list